Lawh-i-Siraj/Page1/GPT4 5

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Consider fairly the situation if a soul appears endowed with all divine qualities and, furthermore, brings forth evidence that has always been used to establish the faith among people and confirm the command of God among His creatures. Now, if another soul turns away from such a divine manifestation, and not just turns away but also takes up arms to kill them, what is the judgement on such a soul? Say, the judgement lies with God; He judges as He wills, just as He has always judged truthfully. Yet, most people are unaware. Has such an act ever been permissible in any dispensation or faith? No, by the essence of the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. If they say this manifestation should not appear, as the idolaters have claimed, then the power and will of God becomes contingent upon the will of His creation. Exalted is He above such a notion. Just like during the advent of Moses, all people, learned and ignorant, became deprived of the truth due to these baseless, meaningless statements. They deviated from the loftiest stations of eternity to the depths of annihilation, thinking themselves to be firmly established on the highest seat of faith. How terrible is what they presume about themselves, for they are among the deluded.